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The 10 Most Beautiful Places In Taiwan
Over the years, Taiwan has taken influence from the many different nationalities that have inhabited the island, including the Indigenous Taiwanese, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Han Chinese....
A traveller's guide to buying jade
Valued throughout Asia for its beauty and elegance, jade is an especially desired keepsake for visitors to Taipei, which has hundreds of stores specializing in jade as well as the colossal weekend...
Five reasons why Taiwan should be on your bucket list
10/10/2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China. Although deposed from mainland China in 1949, the ROC government still controls Taiwan (as well as a few off-shore possessions)....
Kinmen Island: overcoming 40 years of solitude
There's nothing like decades of martial law to make a community long for the good times. For the residents of Kinmen Island, a frontline in the defence against a communist invasion of Taiwan, those...
The tao of Taiwanese temples
You don't need to know the history of the Catholic Church to appreciate a cathedral. And you equally don't need to understand 5000 years of Chinese culture to take something away from a visit to a...
An explosive experience at the Yanshui Fireworks Festival
It’s just past midnight. In a few moments all hell breaks loose. Twenty feet ahead of me and a few hundred fellow festival-goers stands a crate two stories high and a city block wide. This...
Taiwan: a secret foodie wonderland
Right now, in-the-know foodies from across Asia are descending on an island in the East China Sea to gobble steaming plates of dumplings and nibble stinking sticks of tofu. Taiwan’s food scene...
The purrrfect cuppa: Taipei's best cat cafes
Taiwan is famed for its delicate teas and the capital, Taipei, teems with excellent cafes. The past decade has seen a craze in cat cafes (or cat coffee as they’re known in Taiwan). A cafe qualifies...
Balloons, beaches and fiery festivals in Taitung, Taiwan’s secret destination
On Taiwan’s southeastern coast, the alluring, snail-shaped county of Taitung is Taiwan’s wonderful secret. Taitung escapes mass tourism, despite having some of the island’s most stunning...
Welcome to purridise: Taiwan’s Houtong Cat Village
Tucked away in the hills of northern Taiwan, there is a small village that houses a furry surprise. Set alongside the Keelung River, the former coal mining village of Houtong has been taken over by...